my freakin' rad husband!!! "PBS"....

[redsoxdoula]

I got a call from from PBS today. They're looking for a panel of breastfeeders with their spouses included. I explained my previous story with breastfeeding. And further explained that although my husband was supportive with breastfeeding our second child, he, myself included, was extremely fearful of a subsequent experience.

We connected well and she later called my husband to "interview" him.

My husband she was looking for a panel of breastfeeding parents where the father were recentful (jealous or any other negative emotion[s]) at the mother for breastfeeding. My husband said that he was sorry..."I'm not that guy!" And he went on to say how he supported me breastfeeding during the early days and presently with extended breastfeeding. She asked him if he know any dads that fit her description. "So, you're looking for a punk or what?", my husband asked sort of laughing. Again, he apologized and said that all his friends are pretty cool with it.

I'm not exactly sure what KCET (PBS) is trying to accomplish. I am assuming that they are going to portray breastfeeding in a positive light (fingers crossed!).

Don't I have a freakin' rad husband?!?!?

[elizaMM]

I'd do him. ;-P

This is fabulous all the press breastfeeding is getting!

[Romana]

Oh, great. They want to do a show on how women are obsessed with BF to the point of ignoring their poor husbands, who are tired, overworked, and abandoned. See, BF just destroys the adult partner bond! :

I hope it doesn't turn out that way, but it doesn't sound good. It would be much more promising if they were looking for couples with a variety of feelings about the BF relationship, so they could show some balance. Arrrgh. This sort of thing can be very off-putting to women who were considering BF but don't want to risk their relationship with their partner. My husband and I have never had *one freakin' second* of jealousy about the BF thing. Just support. My husband has told me that sometimes he's a bit sad that he can never grow and feed a baby the way I can - that it creates a special bond that isn't quite duplicated between him and the baby. But he's still deeply attached to the babies and them to him . . . so it's not an issue, ever - just something he's thought about.

Ok, I'm crossing my fingers that this PBS thing goes well and doesn't end up making it sound like BF your baby will ruin your marriage.

[CorasMama]

It's possible that they were specifically looking for a guy like that because they were looking for a "range of experiences" and were all full up on men who don't have a problem with it.

[apple_juice]

Gotta love BF supportive daddies right on!

I was at a free bf clinic and a woman was there with her DH. He walked up to every woman in the room and told them how wonderful they were for giving their child such a wonderful gift. I thought he was pretty cool too.

[Theoretica]

That's awesome!!!! :